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Moving? Movers or me

In about two to three months I will be moving about 150 miles away. In the meantime, we need to do a number of things like buy a house. The company I am going to work for is moving us as I qualify for a relocation package. The package includes moving our belongings with 100% replacement value insurance. I will be making weekly, if not daily trips to the area once I start in June with a pickup. Should I have the movers move the egg, or should I just do it? LBE in a 6' stainless table on casters. I would just leave the egg in the hole in the table, but I am unsure if the shelf it is sitting on would hold up to the trip.

So your choice is movers with 100% replacement value insurance or do it yourself with no insurance? I'd say that, unless you want your egg in your new place before you've "officially" moved, let the movers do it.

@rebellab wtf? I find out on this forum you are leaving? I suggest you leave the BGE here in town. You can store it on my deck next to mine.I'm going to miss you hosting the fantasy football party every year, but wish you the best of luck.

I would clean the egg, dissemble it with the movers doing all the lifting, have them wrap everything in furniture pads and tape them up really well. Get them to help you put it together at the other end.

Unless the moving company is staffed by complete morons, they will handle it no problems, and if there is a problem you appear to be covered. Having moved a number of times, it is best to oversee the load and unload and take the time to inspect everything before you sign off.

I'd advise them that the internals are fragile ceramics that need to be removed and packed. I'd leave the dome attached and have them secure it and pack as one unit out of the table, a LBGE is not too heavy for a mover. It is their responsibility, the less you do the better. Once it is set up at the new home in pristine condition, you can fine tune it.

Knowing how movers and insurance companies move, I'd get a buddy, buy him lunch and a few beers at the bar, and move it myself completely disassembled and separate from the table. It doesn't take long to break down an egg. Removing the innards also helps with weight and makes the move easier. Wrap in old towels or blankets.

Not worth the possible long-term headache filing claims, and being without your egg in your new home for an extended period of time. You've got enough on your plate getting settled in new home and job.

@Focker brings up a good point, regarding the speed or lack thereof, at which movers and insurance claims process. If I understood you correctly this is a corporate move, meaning claims are typically handled very quickly, at least in my experience. If you haven't already, I suggest you ask HR how fast you can expect claim resolution if there should happen to be any damage. Good luck.

I love my egg, but it is far from the most treasured of my possessions.

I honestly think that if you are using a mover that is associated with a van line, especially United or Mayflower that a $1000.00 claim on a corporate move would be handled immediately out of the agent's office. I was somewhat involved with that business for 25 years.

Thanks for the feedback. I still need to do some thinking on this. There are a number of things that my wife and I consider priceless that we will take ourselves. Good point on the claims process. I have never moved more than up the street since college, so this is all new, and yes it is a corporate move, and I am a new hire so I can play dumb with HR.